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value: 7.69 points Macee Department Store has three departments, and it conducts advertising campaigns that benefit all departments. Advertising costs are $100,000 this year, and departmental sales for this year follow. Department Department 1 Department 2 Department 3 Sales $ 220,000 400,000 180,000 How much advertising cost is allocated to each department if the allocation is based on departmental sales? Department Sales % of Total Advertising to Allocate Allocated Amount Total 2. value: 7.69 points Mervon Company has two operating departments: mixing and bottling. Mixing has 300 employees and occupies 22,000 square feet. Bottling has 200 employees and occupies 18,000 square feet. Indirect factory costs for the current period follow: administrative, $160,000; and maintenance, $200,000. If the maintenance costs are allocated to operating departments based on square footage, determine the amount of maintenance costs allocated to each operating department. Sq. Feet % of Maint. Exp. to Allocated Department Mixing Bottling Total value: 7.69 points For each of the following types of indirect expenses and service department expenses, identify one allocation basis that could be used to distribute it to the departments indicated. A. Proportion of total processing time for each factory department; or number of production run schedules prepared for each department as a percent of the total. B. Relative number of employees, or proportion of total sales. C. Proportion of total time in each department for maintenance; or proportion of the number of machines. D. Proportion of floor space occupied by each department; relative number of lights; or proportion of total wattage in each department. Computer service expenses of production scheduling for operating departments. General office department expenses of the operating departments. Maintenance department expenses of the operating departments. Electric utility expenses of all departments

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